Cecilia Trasi

Cecilia Trasi is Senior Policy Advisor Industry & Trade at ECCO. Before joining ECCO, she worked at Bruegel as an Energy and Climate Research Analyst, where she focused on green industrial policies, clean technologies and climate diplomacy. She has also gained professional experience at the European Commission, contributing to the support of renewable energy in Sub-Saharan Africa; and at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), focusing on the integration of global value chains in Eastern Partnership countries. In recent years, Trasi has authored several publications in the field of industrial policy and international cooperation, with a focus on strategies for green transition and technological competitiveness. Cecilia holds a Master's degree in Public Policy from the Hertie School in Berlin and a Bachelor's degree in Economics from the Università Cattolica in Milan.

Transition and international trade: China’s role at COP30

At COP30 in Belém, global trade was for the first time explicitly included in climate negotiations. It was inevitable: the transition is no longer just a matter of climate diplomacy within th...